> > When I run SPECCTRA with a 0.01 mil grid it routes a 6x8 inch
> > board in about a minute.
> > I think the Eagle autorouter needs a paradigm shift!

> I think so too. 
> ELECTRA takes a different approach, where it allows the traces to
> cross, and then gradually tries to resolve the conflicts.

That sounds like SPECCTRA's dynamic costing and from the website, 
ELECTRA looks to have SPECCTRA genes. I saw somewhere that it was 
formed by ex Cooper & Chyan folks. If that is the case, I think you've struck 
gold (or will eventually become gold).

SPECCTRA is simply in a class of its' own. It works straight out of the box, 
or if you want to spend some time with the DO file scripting language, you 
can give it information about the board and get results that are hard to 
distinguish from manually routed boards.

Steve.


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Steve Baldwin                          Electronic Product Design
TLA Microsystems Ltd             Microcontroller Specialists
PO Box 15-680, New Lynn                http://www.tla.co.nz
Auckland, New Zealand                     ph  +64 9 820-2221
email: steve@tla.co.nz                      fax +64 9 820-1929
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